Man, the stock wheels are strong - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

robwbright · 05-06-2014, 10:46 AM

3-4 days ago at about 11pm, I was driving home and reached over to change a song on the head unit. For about 2-3 seconds I wasn't looking closely at the road (corner of the eye, yada yada). I didn't notice a crack in the road about 20 feet long which split to wider than the wheel. All of a sudden both left front and left rear dropped into the hole I hadn't noticed.

Holy crap. It was the hardest hit I've ever had in a pot hole - and the roads around here get pretty bad... to the point that over 20 years I've had 2 blown tires and multiple dented rims on other cars (stockers and cheap aftermarkets) as a result of potholes. My brother was with me and he couldn't hardly believe it.

For the next few hundred feet, he and I were expecting to feel a wobble and/or a flat tire. Nothing happened. I was about 2 miles from home so I kept driving. Got home and inspected the inside and outside of the tires and wheels as well as I could with them still on the car. No apparent defects in either.

I've driven about 200 miles since and haven't noticed anything out of the ordinary. Must say I'm impressed. I just hope it didn't do any damage to the other suspension components.

Wepeel · 05-06-2014, 11:24 AM

I feel like the title of this post should be "Man, the stock head unit sucks".

robwbright · 05-06-2014, 11:27 AM

LOL. Yea.

ZionsWrath · 05-06-2014, 11:29 AM

lol thats my one gripe about the BRZ, should have had a seek forward and back BUTTON on the head unit instead of lcd screen buttons i cant feel for with eyes on roads. I think they put that in the new head unit though, not sure

robwbright · 05-06-2014, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by ZionsWrath

lol thats my one gripe about the BRZ, should have had a seek forward and back BUTTON on the head unit instead of lcd screen buttons i cant feel for with eyes on roads. I think they put that in the new head unit though, not sure

Or on the steering wheel.

iAgui · 05-06-2014, 12:10 PM

I have a 2014 with the new headunit. They DID NOT add any buttons, unfortunately.

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Originally Posted by ZionsWrath

lol thats my one gripe about the BRZ, should have had a seek forward and back BUTTON on the head unit instead of lcd screen buttons i cant feel for with eyes on roads. I think they put that in the new head unit though, not sure

ZionsWrath · 05-07-2014, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by robwbright

Or on the steering wheel.

no thanks, i love the plain wheel. one of my favorite parts of the car.

robwbright · 05-07-2014, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by ZionsWrath

no thanks, i love the plain wheel. one of my favorite parts of the car.

I like it too... but when I hit a big pothole because I was looking over at the head unit, I sometimes wish it had them.

05-06-2014, 10:46 AM	#1
robwbright Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Drives: '13 BRZ Limited WRB Phantom ESC 1.5 Location: Middleport, OH Posts: 720 Thanks: 277 Thanked 243 Times in 165 Posts Mentioned: 7 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Man, the stock wheels are strong 3-4 days ago at about 11pm, I was driving home and reached over to change a song on the head unit. For about 2-3 seconds I wasn't looking closely at the road (corner of the eye, yada yada). I didn't notice a crack in the road about 20 feet long which split to wider than the wheel. All of a sudden both left front and left rear dropped into the hole I hadn't noticed. Holy crap. It was the hardest hit I've ever had in a pot hole - and the roads around here get pretty bad... to the point that over 20 years I've had 2 blown tires and multiple dented rims on other cars (stockers and cheap aftermarkets) as a result of potholes. My brother was with me and he couldn't hardly believe it. For the next few hundred feet, he and I were expecting to feel a wobble and/or a flat tire. Nothing happened. I was about 2 miles from home so I kept driving. Got home and inspected the inside and outside of the tires and wheels as well as I could with them still on the car. No apparent defects in either. I've driven about 200 miles since and haven't noticed anything out of the ordinary. Must say I'm impressed. I just hope it didn't do any damage to the other suspension components. __________________ '13 BRZ Ltd MT WRB Phantom ESC 1.5 2012 Honda Accord Coupe 2006 Saab 9-3 2.0t 1997 Honda Accord Coupe 1995 Honda Prelude VTEC

05-06-2014, 11:27 AM	#3
robwbright Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Drives: '13 BRZ Limited WRB Phantom ESC 1.5 Location: Middleport, OH Posts: 720 Thanks: 277 Thanked 243 Times in 165 Posts Mentioned: 7 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	LOL. Yea. __________________ '13 BRZ Ltd MT WRB Phantom ESC 1.5 2012 Honda Accord Coupe 2006 Saab 9-3 2.0t 1997 Honda Accord Coupe 1995 Honda Prelude VTEC

05-06-2014, 11:29 AM	#4
ZionsWrath Thanks Join Date: Apr 2013 Drives: BRZ Location: NY Posts: 4,163 Thanks: 5,989 Thanked 3,100 Times in 1,498 Posts Mentioned: 38 Post(s) Tagged: 3 Thread(s)	lol thats my one gripe about the BRZ, should have had a seek forward and back BUTTON on the head unit instead of lcd screen buttons i cant feel for with eyes on roads. I think they put that in the new head unit though, not sure __________________

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